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Posted 9 years ago
kyratango
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Never seen a cameo on green agate!
This one has a beautiful mount:
Green enamel on chased 14k gold(no marks) old mine cut diamonds (10 points each) silver box set (engraved too), pearls pinned with rosecut tiny diamonds.
Old security roll clasp, dating it around 1930.
Nice size:
1.11/16" or 4.5cm high
1.3/8" or 3.5cm wide
Hope it will please you :-)
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Lovely brooch! Do you think it may be French?
sweet...
Thank you Davyd! Not French, only 18k was allowed, nothing under.
Thank you, Roycroft for your sweet comment ;-))
well I hope honey bunch is a guide in those alps ....because of all the money u been spending on these lovely jewels and gems ...smiling
http://www.swissrockguides.com/equipment.htm
OMG! How do you know my man is hiking all the Alps for 3 months???
He is spending more money than me ;-)
2 months off are a consequent loss!
lol u toll us last week ...smiling were u in to the cherry that night ....lol
Must be the lack of him, lol!
You seem to have better memory than me ;-)
16.kyratango kyratango, 21 days ago
You already have it! Please!
And my man is hiking through the Alpes till end of september... I need a Cheyenne... Oops, forgot I'll have one in August (the pet cat I'll care of is a Maine Coon named Cheyen
Wooohhh Roycroft! You are my fan, remember all my comments ;-D
Of course, now I remember the handsome Indian scout :-))
only a fan of people with an I Q over 150.....smiling ...
Damn! How do you know my IQ!?!
lol ....
Beautiful cameo, Kyra!
Thank you so much BelleEpoque for enjoying it :)
Thank you Jean, Vetraio and Racer for your cameo loves!
What a fabulous piece of jewelry.............!!!!
Thank you very much Efe for your appreciated comment and love :-)
Thank you too Cherubchick, Toni and Trey for loving my lady!
Thanks again, Sklo and Windwalker !
Thank you Bb2! And Efe, for loving it again :-)
GLORIOUS!!!!!
Thank you PCC for your so nice comment :-)
was looking at these ...right up you alley....smiling
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=brooches+vintage&_sop=16&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l2632.R4.TR11.TRC2.A0.H1.Xbrooches+.TRS1&_nkw=brooches&_sacat=48579
Oh la la ! Thank you Roycroft! I bid on all before the Alpinist has spent all the money ;-))
Thanks Officialfuel and Valentino for your loves!
I c your new profile smiling ...lol nice
Hi Kyra, where as OAS gone, she or he was such a informative person, it's really sad that these people leave, I'm :-(
Thanks again, Roycroft, for beeing so attentive ;-) and for the compliment !
Jean, i discovered too OAS left :-(
Don't know what happened, and hoping she doesn't have health issues...
It's such a shame if she as left, she really contributed to CW. I also hope she doesn't have health issues. If you read this OAS please come back.
Thank you Jean for
your love!
Many, many, lots of thanks dear Valentino for your constants loves :-D
lov the puppyyyyyyyyyyyyy..
He he, Tango was standing with a fur plaid on the head, lip stuck over his gums, lol!
Thank you Roycroft for the comment :-))
Merci David :-) I think it is really "stunning!"
;-))
A lazy but sincere collective thank to the 28 lovers, I love you all!
i - Just seeing this . The cameo itself is probably German, Idar-Oberstein region. The stone will have been treated to get the green layer; agate is porous & easily dyed, even the Romans knew how to do it. This green does not occur in natural agate. A readable short account of the Idar-Oberstein gem cutting history is here:
http://farlang.com/idar-oberstein
The setting is very interesting, have never seen anything similar. Could also be German? They had goldsmiths too, but everyone seems to assume everything has to be English or French. Trying to research the Nero cameo I have on that board, could not find any scholarly literature on German cameos or cameo cutters, even though the literature on medalists & gem engravers lists many. Problem may be that Google thinks I don't want any results in German.
Hi Cameosleuth! As always your comment is so interesting and documented! Thanks a lot for the link :-)
I knew green agate is dyed, this is the first old cameo carved from it I see.
The green backgroud of the profile is mate, rather unusual for me (but I'm far to be a cameo specialist!)
Same for the guilloché enamel mount, you may be right thinking it could be german!
I have not studied this in any very scientific way, but the vintage/antique cameos with a green background I see where the age is known seem to date to around the turn of the (20th) century. It's a really lovely piece. :)
Thanks again, Cameosleuth! I thought if was around 1930 from the clasp, but turn of 20th fits me too :-))